Profile: The 23-year-old fell into some playing time at second base and center field, thanks to injuries to the Phillies incumbents. He has little power, but above average speed, while both his strikeout and walk rates have jumped all over the place throughout his minor league days. Over a small sample of innings, defensive stats suggest he was pretty terrible defensively at both positions he fielded at, so he will need to contribute offensively to convince the team to hand him a utility role. The early word is that he'll have a chance to compete for a job during spring training. Even he wins a reserve role, he'll be merely a replacement level player in NL-Only leagues. (Mike Podhorzer)

The Quick Opinion: While he does offer some speed and the potential for stolen bases given enough playing time, he does little else to entice fantasy owners. He'll hope to win a bench role during spring training and could potentially offer NL-Only owners some cheap steals and a batting average that won't kill you.

Profile: The 26-year-old Hernandez was completely off the 2015 fantasy radar, but got noticed about mid-season because of his speed. In 452 plate appearances, the switch hitter was able to steal 19 bases for the 31st highest total in the league. He even added a 79% success rate. His speed also gives him the ability to leg out a few infield hits (8% infield hit rate) and maintain an above average batting average on balls in play (.343). He needs those legs because he currently has about zero home run power. The higher BABIP helps to keep his batting average (.269 for his career) above the league average (.254). If he could cut down on the ~20% strikeout rate, he could see a nice bump in his average. From about mid-June until he went on the disabled list in mid-September (thumb), he hit in the one of the two top spots in the Phillies lineup. Right now, he seems cemented at the top of an improving lineup so his run and RBI totals won’t be completely useless. The Phillies don’t have another second baseman in the pipeline who would push him in 2016, so unless he completely tanks, his position is safe. He is eligible at second base, but could also be eligible at short and third depending on your league rules, so I see him being at least a bench asset in any league, filling in on off days or for injured players. He looks to be a great middle infield play, especially for teams who could use some speed. (Jeff Zimmerman)

The Quick Opinion: Cesar Hernandez started 2016 with no fantasy value, but is now has some in all but the shallowest of leagues. He is a nice late round stolen base play with a decent average and respectable counting stats.

Profile: Hernandez is a respectable second-division starter coming off what appears to have been a fluky season. It all started on a sour note. His aggressive, no-power approach yielded a utility quality .291/.329/.377 line through the first three months. As the calendar flipped to July, Hernandez started to walk. A lot. His walk rate spiked from 5.5% for April-June to 15.8% for July-October. Usually, a change in discipline is matched by an increase in strikeouts, but Hernandez held steady. The result: a .298/.413/.411 slash in the second half. If the sudden walk-rate boom sounds familiar, it's because Odubel Herrera experienced similar success in April. Teams thought he'd swing at anything so they worked outside the zone. And he walked a lot. Most likely the scouting report on Hernandez was wrong and nobody bothered to make an adjustment. While he did swing at fewer pitches outside the strike zone in 2016, he was so punchless that opposing pitchers should just throw more strikes. In other words, forget about a .400 on-base percentage. On the plus side, his raw speed is better than the 17-for-30 stolen-base rate he contributed last season. He'll probably attempt another 30 steals with more success in 2017. (Brad Johnson)

The Quick Opinion: Hernandez had a weird three-month bump to his walk rate at the end of last season. Pitchers are likely going to attack him more directly in 2017, possibly leading to a higher batting average.